KenPom 2023-2024 KenPom Rankings Thread

[Norm Peterson]

So can anyone tell us what Pomeroy or Torvik or anyone else has us finishing the season now?

 

Whatever it is, today had to help.

[49r]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

And Tim Miles' San Jose State Spartans up to 136 after dropping a rough loss to Abilene Christian but then drilling Norfolk State by 24. The Abilene loss dropped them from the 140s to 160 even, and then the Norfolk St win bumped them all the way to 136. I'm curious if they got any higher than that last season.

 

They finished in the 90's last season.

[49r]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

So can anyone tell us what Pomeroy or Torvik or anyone else has us finishing the season now?

 

Whatever it is, today had to help.

 

KenPom:

Projected record:

20-11

10-10

 

Torvik:

Projected Record: 20-11 (11-9)

 

 

 

I posted in the game thread KenPom's prediction and at that time he had it the same as Torvik's prediction so things are still very fluid.  Ken's got us at #45 now and Torvik has us at #34

[49r]

We've basically swapped spots now with Maryland and leap-frogged OSU to move from 9th to 7th in the KenPom rankings in the Big Ten.  We're inching closer to jumping over Wisconsin too so that's nice.  Big test on Wednesday against Duquesne and if we pass it I think we've got a good shot at moving into the 30's.  Ken has again upgraded our predicted record to 20-11 (10-10).  San José State won big over Norfolk State and have moved up to #136.

 

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KenPom rankings as of 11-19-23

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B1G (0-0):
2. Purdue
25. Michigan State
31. Illinois
36. Michigan
38. Iowa
42. Wisconsin
45. Nebraska
49. Ohio State
55. Northwestern
56. Maryland
63. Rutgers
73. Indiana
75. Penn State
103. Minnesota

 

 

Non-Conference (5-0):
352. Lindenwood - W

338. Florida A&M - W

---Cornhusker Classic---
237. Rider - W
291. Stony Brook - W

---Sanford Pentagon---
192. Oregon State - W

 

---Cornhusker Classic---

79. Duquesne

 

208. Cal State Fullerton

8. Creighton
37. @Kansas State
244. North Dakota

342. South Carolina State

[49r]

Also this is kinda nice, we're tied for the second longest active win streak in the country:

 

Longest active win streaks

		Team	Conf	Streak	Next Game
1	4	Connecticut	BE	9	Sun, vs 73 Indiana 1:00 pm	(W, 79-67, 85%)
2	1	Houston	B12	5	Sun, vs 57 Dayton 8:30 pm	(W, 73-62, 85%)
	197	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horz	5	Wed, vs 86 San Francisco 9:00 pm	(L, 80-70, 18%)
	45	Nebraska	B10	5	Wed, at 79 Duquesne 8:00 pm	(W, 77-70, 75%)
	138	Portland St.	BSky	5	Sun, vs 265 St. Thomas 5:30 pm	(W, 70-64, 71%)

[49r]

I just want to add this here for posterity, needed to upload a screenshot because c/p doesn't maintain formatting.

[Huskerpapa]

Kinda cool...

 

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-11-20/latest-mens-college-basketball-power-36-rankings-ahead-feast-week

[hhcmatt]

Worth noting we have played the 351 hardest KenPom schedule out of 362 teams thus far.

Also worth noting that we have moved up in the rankings by defeating those school's more decisively than what KP originally thought.

[hskr4life]

We beat Duquesne and CSF, there'll be a LOT of eyes on that Creighton game 7-0 vs 7-0.  

 

That'll be a nationally talked about event should it happen.  This'll be the year we DO NOT want to lay an egg in that CU game.

[hhcmatt]

41 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

We beat Duquesne and CSF, there'll be a LOT of eyes on that Creighton game 7-0 vs 7-0.  

 

That'll be a nationally talked about event should it happen.  This'll be the year we DO NOT want to lay an egg in that CU game.

 

With the caveat that any game you lay an egg to Creighton is on top of the suck list, this year where the Jays have a Final 4 type team isn't topping the 2014-15 year after we went to the NCAA tourney and they brought in a hot garbage squad that beat us by 10 at home.  That was one big ass egg.

[aphilso1]

We haven't lost to Creighton since the beginning of the post-pandemic world.  No sense changing that, which makes it a "must win" in my book.

[49r]

Coach Miles' Spartans whipped up on Hampton in the 5th place game at Paradise Jam, more than doubling the KenPom number so expect them to make another nice move up in the rankings.

[Norm Peterson]

13 minutes ago, 49r said:

Coach Miles' Spartans whipped up on Hampton in the 5th place game at Paradise Jam, more than doubling the KenPom number so expect them to make another nice move up in the rankings.

 

Does @cipsucks know about this?

[49r]

#120

[Norm Peterson]

3 minutes ago, 49r said:

#120

 

About the time he leapfrogs Minnesota, he's going to have a job back in the Big Ten again.

[AuroranHusker]

52 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

About the time he leapfrogs Minnesota, he's going to have a job back in the Big Ten again.

 

That's evidently a dream job for Timmy, too. And who knows, maybe Frosty will be back coaching an offense in the B1G football ranks, although that still seems unwieldy. . . would be weird & wild to see that 2nd one in particular. Sheesh.

[hskr4life]

Two big wins for the B1G today as Wisconsin beats Virginia by 24 and Purdue took down Gonzaga.  We need all of the wins we can get after our horrid start. 

[bball23]

8 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Two big wins for the B1G today as Wisconsin beats Virginia by 24 and Purdue took down Gonzaga.  We need all of the wins we can get after our horrid start. 

Indiana beat Louisville as well.  Every bit helps! 

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, bball23 said:

Indiana beat Louisville as well.  Every bit helps! 

 

It helps even more when you think of it as Indiana not losing to Louisville.

 

[royalfan]

On 11/19/2023 at 10:48 AM, 49r said:

We've basically swapped spots now with Maryland and leap-frogged OSU to move from 9th to 7th in the KenPom rankings in the Big Ten.  We're inching closer to jumping over Wisconsin too so that's nice.  Big test on Wednesday against Duquesne and if we pass it I think we've got a good shot at moving into the 30's.  Ken has again upgraded our predicted record to 20-11 (10-10).  San José State won big over Norfolk State and have moved up to #136.

 

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KenPom rankings as of 11-19-23

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B1G (0-0):
2. Purdue
25. Michigan State
31. Illinois
36. Michigan
38. Iowa
42. Wisconsin
45. Nebraska
49. Ohio State
55. Northwestern
56. Maryland
63. Rutgers
73. Indiana
75. Penn State
103. Minnesota

 

 

Non-Conference (5-0):
352. Lindenwood - W

338. Florida A&M - W

---Cornhusker Classic---
237. Rider - W
291. Stony Brook - W

---Sanford Pentagon---
192. Oregon State - W

 

---Cornhusker Classic---

79. Duquesne

 

208. Cal State Fullerton

8. Creighton
37. @Kansas State
244. North Dakota

342. South Carolina State

It isn't really a good thing to be movinh up because they are losing.  

[49r]

15 minutes ago, royalfan said:

It isn't really a good thing to be movinh up because they are losing.  

 

True, but moving up past them (or, more to the point holding steady) is better than moving down along with them.  Also, now that Wisco blew out Virginia there is no danger of us catching or leap-frogging them any time soon.  They're up to #21 today.

[hhcmatt]

On 11/19/2023 at 10:48 AM, 49r said:

We've basically swapped spots now with Maryland

 

Maryland is making 3pters at a Breidenbachian rate (21.6% for the year)

[Norm Peterson]

Somehow, we drifted down to #47 before things get updated tonight.

 

However, we won and covered. Michigan was 7 spots ahead of us at #40 and they lost to Memphis.

 

And Oregon St played Baylor a lot closer than they played us, so maybe that'll help us too.

 

It's possible we'll be #6 in the Big Ten when the night is over.

[HuskerFever]

5 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

It's possible we'll be #6 in the Big Ten when the night is over.

 

That must mean that 6 Big Ten teams are going to make the dance this year. Too bad we're stuck in an NIT road game 

[Norm Peterson]

It just updated. We jumped to 44th. Michigan remains at 40th because it was a close loss to a higher ranked Memphis squad.